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Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and 5i Team,

Peter, with your experience in markets such as the situation we're now in:

Is dollar-cost-averaging over the next year or so a good way to accumulate some good but beaten-down companies?

Can you recommend several Canadian and US ETFs that I can use to take advantage of this dollar-cost-averaging approach?

Finally, since one cannot predict the market bottom with any certainty, what frequency would you add to one's position (weekly, monthly, or ??)

Thanks in advance for your insight.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on October 03, 2022
Q: Hi...further to my recent questions regarding Eric's NRGI ETF, I just want to make sure I understand the tax treatment of this ETF before I purchase it.

According to his website, NRGI is 82% USA and 18% Cdn as of Aug 31/22.

Please correct me if I am wrong:
1. Any share price appreciation will obviously be taxed as Canadian capital gains.
2. Any dividends from a Canadian company will be taxed as Canadian dividends and received the dividend tax credit.
3. Any dividends from a USA company will be taxed as interest income.
4. Any "covered call" dividends from either a USA or Canadian company will be treated as Canadian capital gains (not 100% sure on this one).

So, ignore the share price appreciation aspect for now. Eric has stated the target distribution is 7%.

My conclusion is that the distribution could then be split into roughly 5% dividend (82% of which would be taxed as interest income) and 2% covered call (taxed as capital gain).

Q#1 = So, is it safe to say that the ETF would be taxed with roughly 4% being interest income tax, a negligible amount of Canadian dividends, and the vast majority being taxed as capital gains (share price change plus CC-dividend impact)?

Q#2 = So, I believe it still makes sense to buy this in a Cash Account...do you agree?

Thanks for helping me understand this one....Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on October 03, 2022
Q: Hello
I am looking for contact information for anyone who could value old stock certificates. The certificates are from the 1940's. I have done some research on the certificate company's and have gone through various iterations and now are part of Franco Nevada. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Kenneth on October 03, 2022
Q: Where do you. think the price for a barrel of oil is headed in 2023? A difficult question but based on your years of experience, I'd appreciate your opinion. Please give a few reasons for your answer.
Read Answer Asked by Les on October 03, 2022
Q: Hello Peter,
Is Xebec, basically bankrupt and no hope of turnaround? The company is in the right space green energy so what in the world happened here? They have signed many contracts .. is it bad management or ? Would your advice be to sell the moment it is no longer halted or do you think there is chance here of an upswing? This was a favourite on market call. Are the managers who come on do not really understand companies when they recommend it as this is happening at times when looking at other companies such concordia health etc
Read Answer Asked by umedali on October 03, 2022
Q: If Russia drops a nuclear bomb in Ukrainian territory ( a scenario becoming more likely every day ), the question of whether a company’s stock has a compelling P/E ratio is irrelevant.

Forget inflation, forget Covid, forget Trump, forget budget deficits, forget supply chain. Follow Russia/ Ukraine.

Please help me to decide not to sell everything, stock up on cans of beans and head for the hills.

Thanks
Derek
Read Answer Asked by Derek on October 03, 2022
Q: Hello
I bought all these stocks believing they were well positioned for the energy revolution. Investors have not been interested in supporting these companies and now we have one of the first to go bankrupt. More to follow as QST has been on the ropes now for five years or more.
Fact is, when the sea if full of escaping methane (pipeline sabotage), who is going to pay a company to collect methane from cow dung?

Any thoughts on.......
What is it going to take from these companies to go broke?
How much more time do they have in public markets?
Any worth the pain of holding through another market crash?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by David on October 03, 2022
Q: Hello
There are Youtube Investment Advisors pushing the theme of income investing. Nothing else matters, just the income. Not taxation nor ETF price action (Capital Value).

Given this ETF Theme of Covered Call Strategy (some leveraged 25%) are paying such a high distribution, in the right set of market events (down excessive period) can this strategy trade itself to zero?

They are certainly not making 15% income from dividends and call writing. So capital erosion must be the outcome in today's market.

I was holding covered call etfs from BMO during Covid crash. The strategy performed worse, even after distributions, than straight equity holdings. It was a terrible experience as there was zero downside protection and the strategy seemed to accentuate the drawdown.

Given the current environment (more downside in my opinion) are these ETFs setting investors up for an ugly awakening? ( distribution cuts, return of capital (One's own money), price decline and slowness to recover when markets come back)

Thoughts
Read Answer Asked by David on October 03, 2022
Q: Hello,

Thank you for all the help in these tough times. The advice from this service does help keep a person grounded in dark days. In anticipation of us reaching peak inflation and small caps beginning to turn around can you let me know which of these you would prefer? Both are trading close in stock price but CTS is much larger according to RBC website 1.3B vs 188M. Both are well down from their highs and both seem to still be growing at a good rate. Which in your view looks like the better horse? Or should a person pick both?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Kolbi on October 03, 2022
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